Yea when you get on that scale and it says 253, you get a sense of urgency to lose weight.

I find it funny, the women at work are always talking about all of these fancy diets they are on. And then I just drop in and I'm like, "Oh yea, hows you're diets going? You've only lost 7 pounds? Yea I'm down 15."

Only a few more days the 1/2 marathon. Starting to get bored with the slow runs this week. The only thing making them interesting is its cold and has rained both days I have ran so far. This afternoon looks like more of the same.

It's been a good week so far. I'm testing something out, trying 1 serving of sweet potato an hour before working out. It's about 20g carbs.. Today was my first day trying it and I noticed a difference in my performance. I usually lose strength really rapidly after my first set, but today it wasn't so noticeable. I read that eating a slow-burning, low-gi carb such as a sweet potato before the gym helps provide more energy during the workout.. and eating a higher-GI carb, such as a banana, afterwards helps recover faster so you don't feel so sluggish after a workout. I'm currently limiting my carb intake to 80g on a workout day, 50g on a non-workout day.. it seems to be working so far and I don't feel limited in my meal planning.

Nothing but complaints for the scale today. I had a nice drop yesterday and half that loss came back. I had a feeling I was a bit dehydrated but I don't like a .6 bounce up, especially not on contest weigh-in day.

Well, yesterday was a good day. But yesterday night was bad. I succumbed to peer pressure.. I wasn't going to drink, but they kept pushing and pushing. Terrible influence from friends.. well I gave in and drank and ate like crap.